Announcing a new chair & executive committee!
On June 3-5, the Roundtable board met at Centro Maria in Washington DC for the annual board meeting. The board had an opportunity to plan for the upcoming year, discuss the 2011 Symposium and Award Banquet, and meet with CCHD and JPHD staff from the USCCB. A full report on the board meeting will be available in the July 2010 edition of the Roundtable Report.
During this meeting, a new executive committee was elected. Scott Cooper of the Diocese of Spokane was elected as the new Roundtable chair, after serving as vice chair. Additionally, Rob Shelledy of the Archdiocese of Milwaukee was elected Vice-chair and Cori Thibodeau of the Archdiocese of Hartford was elected Secretary/Treasurer.
We also thank Barbara Budde, Diocese of Austin, for serving as the Roundtable’s faithful chair, even extending her time as chair last year in order to provide the organization with stability during the Roundtable’s transition. Thank you Barbara for all of your talent, creativity, hard work, and dedication!
Please take a look at the biographies and get to know our new executive committee:
Scott Cooper, Roundtable Chair
Scott Cooper has been Director of Catholic Charities Spokane’s Parish Social Ministry office since 2001, where he is Diocesan Director for CCHD, CRS, Respect Life and an HIV/AIDS Ministry, as well as Catholic Social Teaching and all of Catholic Charities’ emergency financial assistance in the Diocese. Scott worked for Second Harvest Food Bank and St. Vincent de Paul in Spokane prior to Catholic Charities. Previously, Scott two years in Nome, Alaska, as Jesuit Volunteer working for public service radio station run by Diocese of Fairbanks. He holds a B.A. in French from Gonzaga University and M.A. in Linguistics from University of Washington.
Scott aught French at Gonzaga University for six years. He is married for 12 years to Mary, a public high school Drama and English teacher, is parent of two boys, Aidan (7) and Ben (5), and his family is a member of St. Augustine Parish in Spokane.
Rob Shelledy, Vice-chair
Robert B. Shelledy, J.D., Ph.D., has been the Coordinator of Social Justice Ministry for the Archdiocese of Milwaukee since September 2004. Rob’s responsibilities include promoting formation on Catholic Social Teaching, representing the Archdiocese in various local, state, and national organizations, encouraging the Archdiocesan Respect Life efforts, and advocating for social justice in the community. In addition, Rob is the Diocesan Director for Catholic Relief Services and for the Catholic Campaign for Human Development. He taught political science at Marquette University in 2003/2004 before joining the Archdiocese. He is also currently an adjunct professor at Marquette.
He and his wife, Terese, live in Milwaukee and are members of St. Sebastian Parish. They have three children, two girls ages 17 and 15, and a boy age 1.
Cori Thibodeau, Secretary/Treasurer
Cori Thibodeau has been the executive director of the Office for Catholic Social Justice Ministry of the Archdiocese of Hartford since April 2008. She is also the diocesan director for the Catholic Campaign for Human Development and Catholic Relief Services. Prior to this appointment Cori served as the regional director of the Catholic Social Action Office in the Archdiocese of Cincinnati from 2001 to 2008. Cori has a BA in religious education and sociology from The College of Mount St. Joseph in Cincinnati, OH and a Master of Divinity from United Theological Seminary in Dayton, OH.
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